Two Tunisian radicals were killed during the attack that took place on Tuesday against Aleppo's international airport in Syria, the Tunisian Shems FM radio station reported Thursday.

The pair, identified as Abdelkamel el-Hani, 29, and Tarek Jellali, 40, joined the ranks of the Salafist Jihadi organization, Al Nusra Front, which are engaged in fighting against the Syrian administration, the report said.

Hani was sentenced to 15 years in jail for belonging to the Soliman Islamic militant group which was dismantled in 2007, but was released following a general amnesty decree issued by Tunisia' s transitional authorities after the ouster of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, according to one of his relatives.

Recently, Abou Iyadh, a Tunisian Salafist leader currently wanted by the Tunisian authorities, asked some 12,000 Tunisian Islamic radicals fighting in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Mali to return home, Tunisia's Ansar El Shariaa website said.

Eleven Tunisians were among the Islamist radical group that attacked the Algerian gas plant at In Amenas last month, in which at least 38 hostages were killed. Endi

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